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but placing a convincing avatar in a persuasive yet manipulable environment was designed for an economic purpose: getting young people to save. >> this study looked at taking an 18-year-old college kid or a and transforms them into the body of someone who's older. >> reporter: specifically, into the body or future self of a 65- year-old, which in my case, the study was designed to see if bonding with their senior selves would cause kids to salt away money for retirement. if i'm a kid looking at the older version of me, the idea is that i'm making a non-conscious connection that will stay with me and change my behavior. >> exactly. you can tell someone you will be older some day but the visceral experience of seeing your image in the mirror as older than you are causes this deep connection to your future self and this is what drives future savings behavior. >> reporter: in fact, in a 2011 paper, bailenson and others reported that those who had seen their future selves in the virtual mirror subsequently put twice as much money into a savings account as those who hadn't. and the research co
but placing a convincing avatar in a persuasive yet manipulable environment was designed for an economic purpose: getting young people to save. >> this study looked at taking an 18-year-old college kid or a and transforms them into the body of someone who's older. >> reporter: specifically, into the body or future self of a 65- year-old, which in my case, the study was designed to see if bonding with their senior selves would cause kids to salt away money for retirement. if i'm a...
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our perception of the environment, our values as a nation have changed. and that's why we can look at friant dam today and say, maybe we never should have done that. but in the context of the '30s it was >> reporter: for now, it remains impossible for salmon to swim the length of the river and spawn. but a few fish are living in the river, and are reproducing. still, it may take another 20 years before the restoration of the san joaquin can be judged a success or a failure. >> suarez: you can see historical images of life and development in the san joaquin river valley dating back to the 1800s. find that slide show on our homepage. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks: syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. welcome back, gentlemen. so let's start by talking about immigration. the senate passed its bill w what two weeks ago, mark, i think 14 republicans voted for it. but now that it's in the house, the republicans are balking, what is going on if. >> well, it's a different institution, judy. the re
our perception of the environment, our values as a nation have changed. and that's why we can look at friant dam today and say, maybe we never should have done that. but in the context of the '30s it was >> reporter: for now, it remains impossible for salmon to swim the length of the river and spawn. but a few fish are living in the river, and are reproducing. still, it may take another 20 years before the restoration of the san joaquin can be judged a success or a failure. >>...
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. >> translator: the satellite could be very helpful in monitoring the environment as well as giving better meteorological data on disasters on cooperation, we can use this next generation satellite. >> the participants conclude their suddenly meeting on friday. >>> more than 100 illustrators from around the world teamed up if are an exhibition for important memories. the show from hand to hand was inspired by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. >> an exhibition featuring work from the book is currently running in tokyo. it features the art of 110 contributors from hand to hand from seven countries. the artists were asked to think about the future and the context of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. the idea came from the organizers concern about the future of the children of the world. since march last year, exhibitionists have been held in five european countries including italy, slovakia and the netherlands. >> this piece called when is the scariest thing on earth is by japanese artist that features the nuclear power plant and an og ogre's face. for a clean future, it depic
. >> translator: the satellite could be very helpful in monitoring the environment as well as giving better meteorological data on disasters on cooperation, we can use this next generation satellite. >> the participants conclude their suddenly meeting on friday. >>> more than 100 illustrators from around the world teamed up if are an exhibition for important memories. the show from hand to hand was inspired by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. >> an exhibition...
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. >> it's a very dynamic environment, dealing with an active fire and trying to rescue in the realm of 300 victims. so, this time, because we have not clearly defined and established those facts, we cannot answer your questions. >> reporter: as the plane came to rest, passengers scrambled to get out, despite emergency chutes that deployed inside the cabin. 62 of them ended up here at san francisco general hospital, while another 55 went to stanford. geoffrey manley is head of neurosurgery at san francisco general, which has discharged most of its patients, but still has six in critical condition, and two with serious spinal cord injuries that could lead to paralysis. >> the ligaments were simply ripped as they went forward and back in the seat with associated bone fractures as well. it is possible that these folks will never walk again. it is also possible that with some of this rapid surgery and aggressive management in the intensive care unit that they will have a chance to possibly regain some function. >> reporter: manley said many injuries were not apparent at first. >> many of th
. >> it's a very dynamic environment, dealing with an active fire and trying to rescue in the realm of 300 victims. so, this time, because we have not clearly defined and established those facts, we cannot answer your questions. >> reporter: as the plane came to rest, passengers scrambled to get out, despite emergency chutes that deployed inside the cabin. 62 of them ended up here at san francisco general hospital, while another 55 went to stanford. geoffrey manley is head of...
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. >> (translated): most of those areas with different faiths have been incubating environments for groups who have an extremist ideology. it was a plan. weapons were brought in a long time ago. it was all planned. the lads here had been preparing in case the village was attacked. >> narrator: in may last year, as violence spread across syria, fighting finally broke out between the alawites of aziziya and their sunni neighbors. >> (translated): we were with some young men, not many of us. the attackers were in the hundreds, about 700 gunmen. >> narrator: mohammed mahmoud is part of an alawite militia that protects the village. >> (translated): as the attack intensified and the number of the terrorists increased, we retreated. so they came in here and burned everything. you can see the fire damage. >> narrator: he's convinced that his sunni neighbors have been infiltrated by terrorists with extreme religious beliefs. >> (translated): they are planning to wipe us out. they don't even think of us as humans. in their books they call our sect the "akbiya." the "akbiya" are insects that should l
. >> (translated): most of those areas with different faiths have been incubating environments for groups who have an extremist ideology. it was a plan. weapons were brought in a long time ago. it was all planned. the lads here had been preparing in case the village was attacked. >> narrator: in may last year, as violence spread across syria, fighting finally broke out between the alawites of aziziya and their sunni neighbors. >> (translated): we were with some young men, not...
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fresh air a lack of sunlight you put all these factors together where you really have the perfect storm environment for the emergence of the spread of new diseases some of which can have human health consequences now that's are going to various pictures are rolling behind you darling little piglets and i know a lot of people out there are going to be concerned about the welfare of the pig with is there anything that can be done other than the big industrial farms really kind cleaning up there at their facilities. yeah there are certainly there are some measures that can mediate some of the risks for example you know providing just a strong baton for a pregnant mother pigs for example just to decrease the kind of immunosuppressive stress of line number concrete class their whole lives has been found to decrease for example swine flu transmission rates so there are things you can do to improve the conditions decrease the stress because the stress that reduces this creation of stomach acid which can kill off some of these people love increases in testimony till these you get this kind of fear induced
fresh air a lack of sunlight you put all these factors together where you really have the perfect storm environment for the emergence of the spread of new diseases some of which can have human health consequences now that's are going to various pictures are rolling behind you darling little piglets and i know a lot of people out there are going to be concerned about the welfare of the pig with is there anything that can be done other than the big industrial farms really kind cleaning up there...
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farm, creating different environments and seeing how it slows or is beads or affects the process of decomposition. the reason there are so many of them now is they are cropping up in different ecological, like a dry climate or say a tropical climate so they can learn about the timeline of decomposition in different ecological systems. so there is actually a project going on right now. you can go on her webcam and watch. there is a underwater. they are studying what happens to a body underwater. they have this. you have a webcam that comes on every 15 minutes. i wish i had the link for curious viewers but in fact what tends to happen is in this area anyway a lot of crabs show up because crabs like pork and humans as well. so the crab tend to take care of the body. it's kind of like you know there is that kind of sky burial where the body is put out in the vultures come down. in india by think outside of mumbai there is a place where the bodies are put out. i have never been. but sky burial and there is a seed burial that is similar. let the crabs come in and you become part of the ec
farm, creating different environments and seeing how it slows or is beads or affects the process of decomposition. the reason there are so many of them now is they are cropping up in different ecological, like a dry climate or say a tropical climate so they can learn about the timeline of decomposition in different ecological systems. so there is actually a project going on right now. you can go on her webcam and watch. there is a underwater. they are studying what happens to a body underwater....
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. >> do what you can do in an environment like this. interesting, days like today, calm before the storm. alcoa, difficult to say anything of upcoming earnings. they're weighing in. but fairly soon we are going to start to get a better sense and it will become much more important one would expect to the overall market environment particularly, again, given what are we'll see mixed expectations certainly when it comes to the bottom line and we'll be focused on top line. what will it really say when you have so many investors grappling with the inputs and looking at the bond market, not just the stock market and understand what's going on and then back to china with an alcoa, for example. >> well, there -- >> almost there in terms of real data points we can -- >> if you look through the lines of business that tell you about the broader environment and marked down the numbers, for example, for europe. i mean, the number of times that claus would say things looking better in the u.s., revised higher for autos and this, that and the other an
. >> do what you can do in an environment like this. interesting, days like today, calm before the storm. alcoa, difficult to say anything of upcoming earnings. they're weighing in. but fairly soon we are going to start to get a better sense and it will become much more important one would expect to the overall market environment particularly, again, given what are we'll see mixed expectations certainly when it comes to the bottom line and we'll be focused on top line. what will it really...
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so that's what they're doing at the body farm, looking, creating different environments and seeing how it slows or speeds or effects the process of decomposition. the reason there are so many of them now is that there are, they're cropping up in different ecological -- like a dry climate or a tropical climate. so they can learn about the timeline of decomposition in different ecological systems. so there's actually a project going on right now that you can go on a web cam and watch. there's a pig underwater. they're doing -- they're studying what happens to a body underwart. they've got this -- underwater. they've got this pig be, you've got a web cam that comes on every 15 minutes. in fact, what tends to happen is in this area a lot of crabs show up because crabs, crabs like pork -- and humans as well, as much as humans like crab. so the crabs tend to take care of the body. it's kind of like, you know, there's that kind of burial, sky burial it's called where the body is put out x these vultures come down. in india there's outside of, i think it's outside of mumbai there's a place whe
so that's what they're doing at the body farm, looking, creating different environments and seeing how it slows or speeds or effects the process of decomposition. the reason there are so many of them now is that there are, they're cropping up in different ecological -- like a dry climate or a tropical climate. so they can learn about the timeline of decomposition in different ecological systems. so there's actually a project going on right now that you can go on a web cam and watch. there's a...
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i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes at aflac.com. [ mathto fight chronic.what's haposteoarthritis pain.enes to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not for c
i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes at aflac.com. [...